Visitors will have the chance to step back in time and see rare fossils found around Texoma, some of which date back to more than 280 million years.

Seymour is located next to one of the world's greatest Permian bone beds and some of the world's best preserved fossils have been been discovered in the area.

While these perfectly preserved fossils tell a story from ages ago, the museum will help preserve and keep this important part of history where it belongs.

“Seymour itself has been hunted for fossils since the 1890s. It's an extremely special place for Permian-aged fossils which are about 287 million years old. Back in 1882, Charles Sternberg found the first Seymouria, which is a link between reptiles and amphibians and kind of helped put Seymour on the map for having a really amazing and famous fossils.” Says Chris Flis, The Whiteside Museum of Natural Science Director.

The grand opening is Saturday, June 7th from 10 am to 6 pm.

Admission is free and a free lunch will be provided to attendees.

There will be fun activities for kids, including fossil painting and fossil digging.

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